When you live on a cookie-cutter street, it’s easy for your friends to get lost. Make your house stand out from the others with these decorating tips.
While it’s not rare to see a neighborhood street full of homes with unique styles, it’s also not unusual to see a street of cookie-cutter homes. Due to the housing demand, investors and contractors create roads full of picture-perfect houses to attract first-time buyers. Unfortunately, those homes often look a lot alike.
Some neighborhoods have HOA rules and regulations preventing owners from making dramatic changes to their exteriors, but you can always make small upgrades to spruce up your property. Here are a few tips to make a cookie-cutter house stand out.
Replace the Fixtures With Stylish Choices
Some neighborhoods have homeowner associations with strict rules on what you can do to the exterior of your home—from rules about the trash can to noise ordinances to only using specific paint shades. Reviewing these rules is vital to avoid fines. However, you can still spruce up the interior if your neighborhood has stricter rules! Replacing the lighting, faucets, showerheads, and other fixtures can help boost the property value and differentiate your home from the others.
Spruce up Your Landscaping
Another way to make your cookie-cutter house stand out is by maximizing your outdoor space and sprucing up your landscaping. Adding different plants, bushes, or palms to the front and backyard of your home can help make your property stand out. You can also use landscaping as property dividers to help differentiate lots.
Take your backyard to the next level and upgrade your outdoor living space. Adding light, plants, and other decorative elements to your backyard can help spruce up your home and encourage you to use the area more often.
Switch It Up With Paint and Wallpaper
Add personality and style to your home by using different paints and wallpaper in key rooms, such as your office, primary or secondary bedrooms, and bathrooms. This will help make your house feel like a home. However, sometimes less is more. To prevent your rooms from clashing, try to grab inspiration and plan out your interior design before diving in.
Add Unique Elements to the Exterior
If your neighborhood doesn’t have strict rules on what you can do to the exterior of your home, why not change it? You can set your cookie-cutter home apart from others by painting your front door boldly, creating a unique driveway, or painting your home a different color. Adding individual elements to the outside of your home will set your home from every house on the street.